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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP the US has fallen in the world educational rankings and like it or not the world now operates on a global scale.  I suggest that math majors and engineers take a shot a UK A levels in math, samples available here - https://revisionmaths.com/level-maths/level-maths-past-papers .  You are the products of American math programs.  These are exams given to 17 & 18 year-olds to help determine which universities they will attend.

The US is currently ranked 24th in the world in math.  How much farther do we have to fall.  [/quote]

What percent of UK students pass the math A levels with a high enough score to study in fields requiring them? And do you think that there would not be a similar percentage out of the US that would pass them?

Not every child in the UK takes A levels and not every child who takes A levels takes the math A level. We end up comparing test scores and results out of a US system that does not have tracked programs to programs in Europe and Asia were there is tracking. Students have to test into high schools in many Asian countries. I don’t end up buying that the US is 24th in math because I don’t think that they are comparing similar kids across the board and the US system doesn’t highlight our standouts the way the European and Asian systems do. [/quote]

This. This is what I don't understand about the rankings. We're pushing *all* public school students to take Calculus in 12th grade? Or at least pre-Calculus in 11th? There are scores upon scores of kids in the UK who stop taking maths completely at 16. In fact, only 28% of students in the UK take the maths A-level which means that 72% of students stop taking math at 16. It feels impossible to compare with the US system.[/quote]

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